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Former Nevada ‘sundown town’ stands by siren amid reckoning

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — A red siren perched atop a small town's volunteer fire department sounds every night at 6 p.m., sending a piercing noise echoing through the ranches and towns of northern Nevada's Carson Valley including Dresslerville — a community governed by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. To Serrell Smokey, the tribe's [...]

By |2021-08-02T14:06:19-04:00Thursday, July 29, 2021|

Former strip club in Alaska becomes a church

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A popular strip club that once beckoned customers off a busy highway leading into Anchorage is now a church offering salvation — instead of temptation — thanks to a daughter of a former exotic dancer. Linda Dunegan believes divine intervention played a hand in transforming the building that housed Fantasies on [...]

By |2021-08-02T14:55:13-04:00Wednesday, July 28, 2021|

Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling’s growth surges

Although the pandemic disrupted family life across the country since taking hold in spring 2020, some parents are grateful for one consequence: They're now opting to homeschool their children, even as schools plan to resume in-person classes. The specific reasons vary widely. Some families who spoke with The Associated Press have children with special educational [...]

By |2021-08-02T14:55:25-04:00Wednesday, July 28, 2021|

Homebuilder CEO Sheryl Palmer talks inflation, supply chain woes

LOS ANGELES — Low mortgage rates and a severe shortage of previously occupied U.S. homes on the market have helped stoke demand for new homes this year, but supply chain problems and rising costs for building materials and labor have been a drag on the industry. Big homebuilders, such as Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taylor Morrison Home [...]

By |2021-07-27T14:59:30-04:00Monday, July 26, 2021|

California launches nation’s largest free school lunch program

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family's income. The undertaking, made possible by an unexpected budget surplus, will be the largest free student lunch program in the country. School [...]

By |2021-07-22T09:14:42-04:00Wednesday, July 21, 2021|

One trick to traveling cheaply: flexibility

So you want to travel on a budget. Who doesn't? Yet it's easy to get overwhelmed by all the cheap travel tips, hacks and strategies out there that promise unbelievable deals on airfare and hotels. In reality, there's only one important tactic for traveling cheaply: being flexible with your travel dates, destination and plans. It [...]

By |2021-07-21T08:43:57-04:00Tuesday, July 20, 2021|
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